The Garrett Cos. has announced plans to build a multifamily luxury apartment complex alongside the West Lake Houston Parkway as a part of a deal brokered between The Garrett Cos. and Rampart. The Garrett Cos purchased 17.7 acres of

Recent study shows national increase in average down payments In 2015’s second quarter, the average down payment in Texas was 17.46 percent, which was an increase from the first quarter’s 16.66 percent, according to a recent study by online loan

A mother-daughter real estate team in New Mexico recently listed not one, but two homes featured in the hit series, “Breaking Bad.” The more popular of the two was used as the residence of Jesse Pinkman, played by Aaron

Technology has drastically improved the efficacy of searching for the right home. Prior to enlisting the services of an agent, buyers, who in all likelihood have a pre-established criterion for their ideal neighborhood and home, are scoping out concerns

Houston joins nationwide trend of rising home prices Home prices, including distressed sales, increased by 7.4 percent year-over-year in June 2015 in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land area, according CoreLogic’s June 2015 Home Price Index (HPI). Excluding distressed sales, year-over-year

Twelve months ago, residential construction in Houston was booming. Since 2009, the city has been widely recognized as the nation’s busiest metro market for home construction. However, after a 50 percent dip in oil prices, the city has slipped from

The House Financial Services Committee passed two bills to help ease TRID worries On Oct. 3, the new TILA-RESPA integrated disclosure (TRID) rule will come into affect, and the industry is struggling in preparation, despite the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

More green is coming to Katy, as the Willowfork Drainage District moves forward with Phase II of it parks master plan. Situated west of Grand Parkway and north of Cinco Ranch High School, the drainage district, in coordination with

D.R. Horton, the largest homebuilding company in the nation, recently announced that its headquarters is moving from Fort Worth to Arlington. On six acres along Interstate 30, D.R. Horton will construct 150,000 square feet of office space for the

Building in the Bayou City Stepping Back Residential construction spending in the Houston area was down 10 percent year-over-year in June, and so far in 2015 is only 1 percent ahead of where it was last year. Those encouraging stats came courtesy

Dream of driving your motorboat to work? Caldwell Cos. is making that dream into a reality in the outline for its newest Houston mixed-use project, The Boardwalk at Towne Lake. Caldwell Cos, a Houston-based developer, recently released an animated

Houston was ranked on No. 84 out of 100 on Apartment List’s Renter Satisfaction Survey, released early this month. The survey, which polled over 18,000 renters, asked renters to rate their city based on a series of factors. Houston,

The Signorelli Co. has named Ian Boyd as division president of land development. “We are excited to have Ian join our team in this important leadership role as we continue to expand the land development division for Houston and

Beeson Properties, a prominent real estate investor in Houston, is buying up dozens of acres of land across the Katy Area with the likely intention of developing it into single-family homes. John Beeson of Beeson Properties has purchased 73.2

Institutional investors leaving real estate, but Americans still confident housing is a good investment In the immediate wake of the economic downturn, the housing market took a plunge that was devastating for homeowners but ideal for the opportunistic. In the years

Contract signings declined for the first time in 2015, according to new research Pending home sales declined 1.8 percent from May to June, according to new analysis from the National Association of Realtors. Although the Pending Home Sales Index,